![]() ![]() After the high salaries of Chris O’Donnell, Alicia Silverstone, Uma Thurman and Schumacher, the above the line talent expenses were approaching $60M.Īs development was well under way on Batman & Robin, Val Kilmer decided to quit this embarrassment to go humiliate himself in The Island of Dr. Arnold Schwarzenegger was given an unheard of salary of $25M (plus a percentage of merchandising) and Clooney reportedly landed a $10M payday. The trades had pegged the costs on the expensive picture from $150M to nearly $200M, but George Clooney has stated the budget came in at $160M. The budget for Batman & Robin was a gargantuan $160 million, which was financed by Warner Bros. With the extra prep time, the movie could be properly budgeted and cast, without the stress of rushing to get everything in order to beat a mandated production start date. ![]() With the director and writer set for the fourth entry and Val Kilmer and Chris O’Donnell expected to reprise their roles, development actually began one week before filming began on A Time To Kill in early September 1995. ![]() WB was adamant on continuing the series with Schumacher and writer Akiva Goldsman, as the two had first collaborated on the The Client (Goldsman’s first produced screenplay) for WB and continued to work with the studio on Batman Forever and A Time To Kill. After the three year spaces between the previous installments, Batman & Robin was immediately set for a summer ’97 release. He had a series of profitable pictures that began with Flatliners (1990), Falling Down (1993), The Client (1994), Batman Forever (1995), A Time To Kill (1996) and that run ended with the failure of Batman & Robin.īack in 1995 when Batman Forever was still in theaters and on its way to a massive $336.5M global haul, WB wanted to quickly begin development on a fourth Batman entry. It was like I had murdered a baby.” - Joel Schumacherīefore Joel Schumacher was self described scum, he had developed a reputation as an easy to work with director of broad commercial fare and he had one of the better box office track records in the 1990s. “I just hope whenever I see a list of the worst movies ever made, we’re not on it. Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, George Clooney, Chris O’Donnell, Alicia Silverstone. ![]()
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